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Rishabh Pant made a "really emotional" comeback to top-level cricket after more than a year out but could not prevent a four-wicket Delhi Capitals' defeat to Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
A half-century by Sam Curran and his 67-run partnership with Liam Livingstone helped Punjab Kings (PBKS) secure a four-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in Rishabh Pant's comeback game during the Indian Premier League at Mullanpur on Saturday. Chasing 175, Punjab Kings were off to a fine start as openers Jonny Bairstow and skipper Shikhar Dhawan made their attacking intentions clear by smashing Khaleel Ahmed for two boundaries each in the first over.
Young Abhishek Porel's blistering knock helped Delhi Capitals (DC) post a total of 174 runs with the loss of nine wickets, despite Punjab Kings (PBKS) bowlers' outstanding performance in the first innings of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match on Saturday. PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and asked the visitors to bat first at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur here. Two Australian batters, David Warner and Mitchell Marsh opened the innings for the Delhi Capitals. Both batters started off very aggressively and registered a quick 39-run partnership.
PBKS vs DC, IPL 2024, Highlights:Sam Curran's powerful half-century helped Punjab Kings defeat Delhi Capitals by four wickets in their IPL 2024 match on Saturday. Chasing 175, PBKS lost some early wickets despite a good start.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in Match 2 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium in Mohali. All the focus will be on Rishabh Pant as the DC captain will make his return to cricket after 15 months. Pant was involved in a life-threatening car crash in December 2022 and has been out of action ever since. However, the 26-year-old made a quicker than expected recovery and was declared fit to lead DC in IPL 2024. For PBKS, Shikhar Dhawan is expected to miss their opening match as he was not present for the captains photoshoot.
As the excitement builds up for the second match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, cricket fans are eagerly bracing themselves for the clash between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at the PCA New Stadium, Mullanpur, in Mohali on Saturday, March 23. PBKS finished eighth last season with 12 points from 14 games, while DC finished ninth in the standings with 10 points from 15 matches. Both teams will be looking to put on a much better show in IPL 2024 and here are their predicted teams for Match 2 of IPL 2024.
Royal Challengers Bangaluru star batter Virat Kohli on Friday achieved a massive feat in T20 cricket. He became the first Indian batter in T20 history to score 12000 runs. Kohli reached the milestone during RCB's IPL 2024 game against Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. With this, Kohli joined the elite list that has the likes of Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard. West Indies' T20 legend Gayle tops the chart with 14562 T20 runs, while Pakistan's Shoaib Malik holds the second spot with 13360 runs. Star all-rounder from West Indies, Pollard, is at the third position with 12900 runs and England's Alex Hales is at the fourth spot with 12319 runs. Then comes David Warner (12065 runs), who is followed by Kohli. The India star achieved the feat in his 377th T20 game and 360th innings.
Delhi Capitals are playing their first game of this season. In their last five games, they have won two games and lost three. Punjab Kings are also playing their first game of this season. In their last five games, they have won one game and lost four. Both teams last played against each other in Match 64 of the Indian T20 League, 2023 where Liam Livingstone scored the highest fantasy points for Punjab Kings with 135 match fantasy points by scoring a powerful knock of 94 runs from 48 balls. Prithvi Shaw topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Delhi Capitals with 77 match fantasy points with his half-century of 54 runs from 38 balls.